diff --git a/databases/py-mysqlclient/Makefile b/databases/py-mysqlclient/Makefile
index be5c7630fdd4..9600b2644e3c 100644
--- a/databases/py-mysqlclient/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-mysqlclient/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	mysqlclient
-DISTVERSION=	2.1.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.1.1
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	fluffy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	MySQL database connector for Python
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		compiler:c11 iconv mysql python:3.6+ ssl
+USES=		compiler:c11 iconv mysql python:3.7+ ssl
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 CONFLICTS=	py*-MySQLdb py*-MySQLdb5[0-9] py*-MySQLdb
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README.md ${WRKSRC}/doc/* ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/py-mysqlclient/distinfo b/databases/py-mysqlclient/distinfo
index 29d95eac411c..ef3f3e6fed73 100644
--- a/databases/py-mysqlclient/distinfo
+++ b/databases/py-mysqlclient/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1637256608
-SHA256 (mysqlclient-2.1.0.tar.gz) = 973235686f1b720536d417bf0a0d39b4ab3d5086b2b6ad5e6752393428c02b12
-SIZE (mysqlclient-2.1.0.tar.gz) = 87635
+TIMESTAMP = 1656000526
+SHA256 (mysqlclient-2.1.1.tar.gz) = 828757e419fb11dd6c5ed2576ec92c3efaa93a0f7c39e263586d1ee779c3d782
+SIZE (mysqlclient-2.1.1.tar.gz) = 88138